Goedverwagting man found with illicit gun

A resident of Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara was on Saturday afternoon arrested and taken into custody for the unlawful possession of a firearm, a police release said yesterday.

The Police said that acting on information they went to the Stabroek Market in the vicinity of Digicel at about 3.30 pm  and conducted a search on the twenty-one year old construction worker and found an unlicensed .38 revolver without ammunition on his person.

He is being processed for court.

The revolver (Police photo)

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